As we continue our walk on this earth, we have the ability to choose which path we take: Love or lawlessness. You can work the Law and still be lawless because your intent determines your true position. You can attempt to negate your acts of lawlessness by justifying and rationalizing away your acts but that doesn’t change the fact you are still lawless. Jesus made the point that even though outwardly men can appear righteous, they can still be lawless. In Matthew chapter 7, Jesus speaks:
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Are you walking out your agenda asking FATHER to bless it or are you seeking FATHER’S Divine Intent and responding to and acting on it accordingly? As you respond to FATHER’s Will for your life, you will take on HIS Character of Love. Jesus was and is our prime example. In the 5th chapter of the Beloved Disciple’s Gospel (John), he quoted Jesus as saying:
30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
Each of us must overcome our soulish man who would lead us astray. Many of us are no longer dealing with the obvious acts of lawlessness but must root out the most subtle hindrances to our walk and communion with FATHER. As I have written multiple times lately, greed is one of the most subtle issues that will separate you from a deep relationship with FATHER. Greed assumes that FATHER will not meet your need according to HIS riches. Paul wrote:
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
What are “all things”? It is that which FATHER has instructed you to do for HIS anointing will provide the needed resource and strength to bring the instruction to fruition. It matters not what your past is, behold all things become new as you embrace the path of Love. Paul (who was Saul) is a perfect example of this Truth. None of us are able to look back at our past and claim to have achieved a lawful life on our own. I stand before you today by the grace and mercy of FATHER with great gratitude for HIS Love redeeming me from my lawlessness. Though the old man would want to raise his ugly head to control my destiny, I choose to grow ever closer to FATHER no matter what the day would bring. HIS Love draws me into HIS bosom and I know that HE will never leave of forsake me.
When I was young I would say “GOD bless what I am doing”. Now I say, “FATHER, what is it You want me to do?”. The law of gravity works whether you are righteous or lawless. A lawless preacher can speak the Word of GOD on healing and the hearer can be healed. It is FATHER’S Word that has power, not the mouth of the preacher proclaiming it. Men can work the system with signs and wonders and get people to believe that they are “special” but in the end FATHER will expose them.
Proverbs 22:3 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.
It is my intent to direct you away from those areas that would hinder you from an intimate relationship with FATHER. We are all in this together and we need each other for we are all parts of the Body of Christ. In my younger years I was subjected to the subtleties of teachings containing error also known as doctrines of man. We all have been exposed to man’s ideas of who FATHER is and what HE expects. What better source of information and direction than FATHER HIMSELF! Don’t let the subtlety of lawlessness creep into you daily walk with FATHER. Review your words and acts to see if you are walking out Love or lawlessness. It you see a problem, repent and move on with FATHER for HE knows your weaknesses. After all, HE created you. Continue in HIS Love and lawlessness will no longer be an issue.